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Chaudry v. Chaudry

Citations

  • 388 A.2d 1000
  • 159 N.J. Super. 566

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  • holding that a Pakistani-American “wife [was] not entitled to equitable distribution by reason of the antenuptial agreement [mahr], which . . . could have lawfully provided for giving her an interest in her husband’s property, but [ ] contained no such provision”
  • involving interpretation of an agreement executed in accordance with the customs and usage of Pakistan and, thus, found effective in New Jersey

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Judges: Judges Lynch, Kole and Petrella

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